The Roles of Interleukins in the Synergistic Effect of B-cell Mitogens with Concanavalin A on Hydrocortisone-resistant Thymic Cell Proliferation

Overview

Journal Immunology

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 1986 Oct 1

PMID 3490433

Authors

T Nitta

K Nemoto

S Okumura

A Ozawa

M Nakano

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Abstract

Investigations were made to determine the roles of interleukin (IL)-1 and IL-2 in the synergistic enhancement of DNA synthesis by concanavalin A (Con A) and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or butanol-extracted water-soluble adjuvant (Bu-WSA) from Bacterionema matruchotii in cultures of thymic cells taken from hydrocortisone (HC)-treated C3H/HeN (LPS-responsive) and C3H/HeJ (LPS-non-responsive) mice. When the C3H/HeNCrj cells were cultured in the presence of Con A and LPS or Bu-WSA together, [3H]thymidine [( 3H]TdR) uptake of the cells was enhanced synergistically in comparison with those cultured with either one of the mitogens alone. The synergistic effect on thymic cells was dependent on Ia-positive accessory cells, since a previous treatment of the cells with anti-Iak serum and complement inhibited the response, and the inhibition could be relieved by the addition of either purified peritoneal exudate macrophages (Mø) or splenic B lymphocytes. The co-stimulation of cells with Con A and LPS or Bu-WSA also enhanced their production and release of thymic cell growth factor(s) into the culture medium. The amounts of IL-1 and IL-2 in the culture supernatants were sufficiently high to explain the activities of the growth factor(s). On the other hand, enhanced IL-2 production without significant increase in IL-1 was seen in the co-cultures of anti-Ia+ cell deprived thymic cells and purified splenic B cells prepared from C3H/HeNCrj mice in the presence of Con A and LPS or Bu-WSA, and it was seen in the cultures of C3H/HeJ thymic cells with Con A and LPS. These results suggest that the synergistic effect of Con A and LPS or Bu-WSA on the proliferative response of HC-treated thymic cells is mainly due to the enhanced production of IL-2 and its action to increase cell growth, and there are two pathways by which the enhancement of IL-2 production by Con A and LPS or Bu-WSA can occur: an IL-1-dependent pathway, or an IL-1-independent one.

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